The Republican journal., 1887-12-08
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builhiiiSe was
ming like a bee hive. The basement was
filled with strangers, and the restaurants
were doing thriving business. The second
floor had many of the aspects of a Partisan
boulevard. Pretty women and great men
Jn't He'd each other in the corridors. and big
crowds hung about the doors of the galleries
of the h0!ISo and senate. The wooden men
who act as doorllecpcrs and messengers camc
uui, AZ usual on such days. III all their glory
HEY GunincCrcd over the crowd They
showed back this woman, and pushed that
man away They put on three times as many
airs rs the senators themselves and their
dignity far surpassed that of the supreme
judges on the bench. The galleries inside
looked like so many flower gardens, and the
prince of Babylon would have been glad to
have had Such hanging bouquets on the out
side of his famous palace The colored citi-
zen was ont in all his glory, and. phoenix
like. the Capitol arose III a night from the
dull ashes of the recess into the liveliest
activity of one of the liveliest sessions in our
history.
Speaker Carlisle called the house to order
ANA he makes most satisfactory presiding
officer. His contest with Thoebe amounted
TO nothing, and he is to be the leader of the
Democratic house this year, as he was last
Many new faces were seen in the house to-
day, and many We're the reminders of the
political heads that have been cut off. About
40 per cent of the last congress is absent
and $50 members have been retired Frank
lliscocll's ma jcstic form, tightly buttoned in
its black Prince Albert coat, is seen no more
among the Republicans, and his dark, hand
some face will now be reserved for the sena-
torial gallery gazers. Daniel, of Virginia
with his rrntIb and his ,.nfipaJ I,o.,
also gone up higher; and good, kind hearted
interstate commerce Reagan will h after
wear out the cushions of the senate stead
OF TIE hard chairs of the house. One of the
most notable absences is that of John T.
Wait, of Connecticut. who was the oldest
member of the last house. and who had a
face strikingly like that of Cen George
Washington
Then, Ranncy, of Massachusetts, the noted
lawyer member, who conducted the Pan
Electric telephone Investigation, has gone
tack to his laW practice III Massachusetts,
where he viii make 100000 year; and as
for Rice, of Massachusetts,, and Green. of
New Jersey, they too are among the absent
We will not have Andrew c. Curtin in
this congress; and the dark, beautiful face of
Ben Letevrc, of Ohio, will be admired in
other quarters. Judge lieddes another noted
ohlo 'ntihper' VIII not be present; and He'll
hepln Murphy, whose mission in life was to
put through The fiennepn canal, Will not be
"ere'
Many OF the southern members are not
present, ana Inc most missed man Is Ran
uoil'h tucker whose KIND manner and ster-
ing worth VIII be remembered long after he
l. pa1 uhlcr me SOD lie Will practice law
both IN washington ana IN Virginia, and
VIII dc IL flchcr man out OF congress than
h T.
No new mentors feel lost, and everything
ih"N "s' looks hiS to them The chestnut
.ufE oi senator -Ntshlt'- OF Oregon, Is gong
we POUNDS iiin'h9 thrh and they are recall
'''' re" N'a'h'a S'ld "h'n he first came to
WIS '''Ii'flSeh ii IN" AFFINITY of the men
I"'i' ann a. | 1"'N Niy seat among the
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